Completion of the Mission
David cook shared the following experience. "My brothers and I had traveled to the western edge of Zimbabwe to raft the Zambezi River. We boarded our raft at the base of the Victoria Falls. Our guide said, 'when the raft flips …' There was no 'If the raft flips' or 'on the off chance we get flipped' but 'when the raft flips.' He went on, 'stay in the rough water. You will be tempted to swim toward the stagnate water at the edge of the banks. Don't do it. Because it is in the stagnate water that the crocs wait for you. They are large and hungry. Even when the raft flips, stay in the rough water.' In Acts 1:8 Jesus told his disciples that they would be his witnesses in ever-widening circles, from Jerusalem, to Judea, to Samaria, and finally to the ends of the earth. By Acts 5: 28 the disciples had filled Jerusalem with the gospel. After death of Stephen the disciples were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria, preaching the gospel w...